Grenfell

The Fire Brigades Union has written to US counterparts to extend solidarity in light of the Bronx apartment fire. The deadly fire, which took place on the 9th of January, claimed the lives of nineteen people, including children. It took place in a 19-storey apartment block. In letters sent to Andrew...

The Fire Brigades Union has said that Michael Gove’s announcements on the building safety crisis still leave residents “desperately short of where they need to be”, more than four years after Grenfell. The building safety crisis has come about after scores of building safety defects came to light in...

The Fire Brigades Union lawyer for the inquiry has placed central importance on a government “agenda of deregulation, privatisation and marketisation” for causing the disaster. The comments were made as part of the opening statements for Module 6 of Phase 2 of the Grenfell inquiry. Phase 2 is...

The general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union has criticised the Prime Minister for saying that buildings caught up in the building safety crisis are “not unsafe”, apparently without justification, and that the victims of the building crisis are “in a position of unnecessary anxiety”. Matt Wrack...

The FBU is set to have a strong presence at Labour conference, with aims for the conference firmly organised around progressing member interests on vital issues. Through motions, speeches, events and conference stand the union is set to be at the heart of the conversation at conference, and is...

Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack has responded to the Building Safety Bill passing its second reading in Parliament yesterday by saying that it is ‘vitally flawed’ in its present form. The bill is set to see private sector firms turned to if fire and rescue services are not in a...

A firefighters’ union representative who was one of the first on the scene of the Grenfell Tower disaster has challenged Conservative Kensington MP Felicity Buchan over a visit to the local fire station. Buchan has been widely criticised for voting against implementing recommendations of the...